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Egg Decorating |
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First
decide if you're going to use Hardboiled Eggs or Blown Eggs
If you plan to save them - use Blown Egg
Adult supervision is needed for for these projects.
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Egg Decorating Fun |
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Create
Blown Eggs
Poke a small hole in each end of the egg.
Take a skewer or long needle to break the yoke.
Hold the egg over a bowl and blow hard through
one hole until the egg has exited the shell.
Rinse, let dry, decorate.
Waxed eggs
Need:
Wax crayons, paper towels, egg dyes in different colors,
slotted spoon
Directions:
Draw a pattern or design with a crayon on hard boiled egg.
Dye eggs in desired colors. Then scratch off wax
or place in oven around 200 for a few minutes
until the wax is melted. You can polish the eggs
with cooking oil and soft cloth.
Use a Sponge to Paint Eggs?
Need: Liquid tempra paint, paper cups, small sponges
(cut up a big sponge),
egg cups
Directions: Place hard eggs in egg cups. Partially fill paper cups with different colors of
tempra paint. Take a sponge and dip into the
tempra paint. Then lightly dab the sponge over the top half of the egg. Let
dry, then turn the egg over and follow the
dabbing procedure. Let the egg dry completely.
Tissue
Paper Egg Decorating
Cut bright colored tissue paper into squares. Dip a square into water
and mold around egg. Repeat until egg is covered. Let sit for several
minutes. Remove tissue paper to reveal a beautiful egg.
Thanks - Bobbi, Centralia - Washington
Make Plaid Eggs
Wrap eggs with rubber bands or strips of narrow masking tape before placing them in the dye. Be sure the egg is completely dry before removing the bands.
Tie-Dye Eggs
Make up several colored dyes (strong). Dampen an old clean piece of cloth with water and wrap it around the egg.
With an eye dropper, drop spots of different colors of dye on the cloth.
Twist the cloth tightly around the egg so the colors blend together.
Gently unwrap the egg and let it dry. Jill -
Atlanta
Brush on Designs
Use hard boiled eggs. Dribble rubber cement over the egg and let it dry
thoroughly, drying will take a few minutes. Dip egg into color and when completely dry, remove rubber cement for a cool swirled pattern.
Natural Dyed Easter Eggs
While boiling eggs
- include red onion skins
- include yellow onion skins
For a pattern wrap the egg with onion skin, and tuck in to a panty hose to hold it in place than boil
After boiling, in refrigerator soak hard boiled eggs in
- cranberry juice
- pickled beets juice
- grape juice
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